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Backing up ESXi 5.5 host configurations with vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) –...
As a little learning project, I thought I’d take on Simon’s previous post about backing up ESXi configurations and extend it to vCenter Orchestrator (vCO), and document how I go about building up a...
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Extending a vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) Workflow with ForEach – Backing up all...
In my previous post Backing up ESXi 5.5 host configurations with vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) – Workflow design walkthrough I showed how to create a workflow to back up host configurations, but it was...
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Configuring vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) with PowerShell over HTTPS with...
As a PowerShell fan I find using the vCO PowerShell plugin makes my life a whole lot easier. What isn't easy however, is the configuration of vCO and a PowerShell jump host. Having done it a few...
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Configuring a vRO/vCAC PowerShell host with Basic Authentication
To add a Windows Server 2012 R2 PowerShell host using Basic Authentication only, follow these steps. Ensure that the Windows Firewall service is running (it doesn't matter if the firewall is enabled or...
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Configuring and Using vRealize Orchestrator (vCO/vRO) Multi-node plugin
To quote the release notes for the latest version of vCO/vRO Multi-node Plugin: The VMware vCenter Orchestrator Multi-Node Plug-In allows organizations to manage environments with multiple vCenter...
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vRealize Operations (vCO) Multi-node Plug-in use case: Remote Site Selection...
One of the use cases I've been working on with a customer is based on the vRO/vCO multi-node plug-in and involves the master vRO/vCO node calling proxy workflows based on a parameter - in this case the...
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Generating a secure random password with vRealize Orchestrator (vRO/vCO)
It's a fairly common requirement when creating a new user to assign a randomly generated password, so during a recent engagement I wrote a little password generator to do that. I wanted to be able to...
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3DES Password Based Encryption with vRealize Orchestrator (vRO/vCO)
A requirement that often arises in large, complex orchestration projects is the need to encrypt and decrypt information. One such requirement recently specified triple DES password based encryption as...
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Performance tweak – increasing Max Heap Size for the vRealize Orchestrator...
I’m developing some very large, very complicated workflows for vRealize Orchestrator (vRO/vCO), and as it’s a Java based application it will probably come as no surprise to many that the performance of...
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vRealize Orchestrator (vRO/vCO) and vCloud Director – fixing bugs in "Add a vDC"
When you are using a VMware orchestration platform with an official VMware plugin to manage a VMware product, you don’t really expect to have to fix the out-of-the-box workflows. However, during some...
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vRealize Orchestrator (vRO/vCO) – Troubleshooting SOAP operations
Recently, I’ve had a bit of a SOAP baptism of fire – the project I am working on makes hundreds of SOAP calls to multiple SOAP APIs on multiple hosts. During this time I’ve encountered some common and...
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vSphere 6 Lab Upgrade – Overview
Posts in this seriesvSphere 6 Lab Upgrade - OverviewvSphere 6 Lab Upgrade - vCenter Server AppliancevSphere 6 Lab Upgrade - Upgrading ESXi 5.5vSphere 6 Lab Upgrade - VSANvSphere 6 Lab Upgrade - vCenter...
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vSphere 6 Lab Upgrade – vCenter Orchestrator to vRealize Orchestrator
Posts in this seriesvSphere 6 Lab Upgrade - OverviewvSphere 6 Lab Upgrade - vCenter Server AppliancevSphere 6 Lab Upgrade - Upgrading ESXi 5.5vSphere 6 Lab Upgrade - VSANvSphere 6 Lab Upgrade - vCenter...
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